Please just talk to the next person who talk about breeding their pets...

[millie61]

Originally Posted by Keliko

I'm all for responsible breeding(pets that have been health certified, trained, registered, working on their CH, guaranteed at least up to a year, willing to take back and find a better home for it, by breeders who understand what they are doing).
But I hate random people all the time talking about breeding their dogs(these dogs have no papers, no health exams or certifications, no training, and most of the time, people are creating mutts based on "they'll look so cool, pretty, etc...").

This morning, a lady in a truck noticed Diamond in the backseat and pulled her boxer on her lap. Told me her boxer was 11 months old (about 60 lbs, slightly larger than Diamond), she's going to breed her when she's one to the bull mastiff in the back, this thing was huge, she told me 150 lbs, "wouldn't they make pretty babies?"
I started telling her the health risks of getting a female pregnant at one, how the puppies and mother might get hurt or die, how bull mastiffs are known for hip and elbow dysplasia, arthritis, etc...that she should really get it checked out, how her dogs are not papered, we do not need anymore mutts in shelters...she ended up telling me to "f*** off" but still I feel like I've tried.

Why would you breed a Boxer with another breed ??? oh no don't get me started !!! lol

[Keliko]

Originally Posted by millie61

Why would you breed a Boxer with another breed ??? oh no don't get me started !!! lol

Lol...she probably wanted ginormous hippo looking boxers...or small petite bull mastiffs...either way
I don't understand...
I think Boxers are perfect the way they are...same for Bull Mastiffs

[need4Trees]

Ugh!!!
It is all disturbing and I hear about this topic a lot as I do work in a grooming salon...

In fact just the other day, a young adult came in just for nail trim, with her Pit Bull. She went on to say that her male dog is over 2 yrs old, and never been out ... (of the house/home/yard I guess she meant ... ), Ugh!
Anyway, dog was ok as far as no biting but really nervous, long nails etc.

Then after we mentioned that there is a low cost Spay/Neuter clinic around, She said... brace yourself!!! ....

??Why would I want to get him neutered????

Oh people!
Well, lots of reasons. Not to mention just for the shear fact that so so so many pits are killed from fighting dog rings and a result of being part of the fight dogs that cannot be rehabilitated.
Mellow them out, they'll live longer... etc etc etc!


Stupid!